F. Anstey,
Vice Versa — 16. Hard Pressed
(1882)
“ To miss the next train would be absolutely fatal.He walked out upon the platform, and on past the refreshment and waiting rooms, past the weighing machine, the stacked trucks and the lamp-room, meeting and seen by none—even the boy at the bookstall was busy with bread and butter and a mug of tea in a dark corner, and never noticed him. ”
F. Anstey,
Vice Versa — 16. Hard Pressed
(1882)
“ Paul Bultitude would have found it hard to conceive himself lying down in a hard and grimy coal-truck to escape his son's schoolmaster, but since then he had gone through too much that was unprecedented and abnormal to see much incongruity in his situation—it was all too hideously real to be a nightmare. ”
F. Anstey,
Vice Versa — 16. Hard Pressed
(1882)
“ Bultitude rolled himself up close against the partition at these awful words.'Guard, guard!' shouted the first gentleman. 'Come here. Here's a violent person who will search this carriage for something he has lost. I won't be inconvenienced in this way without any reason whatever! He says we're hiding a boy in here!''Guard!' said the Doctor, quite as angrily, 'I insist upon looking under these seats before you start the train. I've looked through every other carriage and he must be in here. ”
